NATURE'S wonders are captured in exquisite clarity in this set of remarkable images celebrating the beauty of science.
Curious clownfish, a serene supermoon and mucky mudskippers all feature in the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2019. But which is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below.
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A juvenile Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) looks out from between the clear tentacles of a bleaching sea anemone (Entacmea quadricolor) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Photographer: Morgan Bennett-SmithCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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James Orr captures the Milky Way and the two Magellanic Clouds radiuate above Mount Taranki, a 2500m active stratovolcano on New Zealand's North IslandCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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A supermoon rising on 2019's spring equinox on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada, is captured here by photographer Dr Loren MerrillCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography
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Eduardo Sampaio won runner-up for showing the incredible moment that this young blue trevally feeds on the purple jellyfishCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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These bluespotted mudskippers in the famous Mai Po wetlands, Hong Kong, gave a mesmerising display to snapper Daniel Field - winner of the behaviour categoryCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Aleks Labuda captures demonstrates the magnetic properties of this ferrofluids as it shape shifts under the magnetic field setup by two carefully positioned rare-earth disc magnetsCredit: Aleks Labuda
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Lauren Marchant took this dramatic snap in the Yukon, Canada. The large, cone-shaped, funnel cloud cannot be classified as a tornado as it didn't make contact with the groundCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Abhijeet Bayani gifts us this close-up of a ropalidia marginata, a primitively eusocial wasp found in southern IndiaCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Aleks Labuda won the overall competittion with this astonishing photo showing silicone oil droplets bouncing indefinitely above a vibrating pool of silicone oil at 15 Hz
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This photograph was taken after a summer sunset when these clouds - cumulonimbus mammatus - quickly formed in Jackson, Wyoming, USACredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Mikhail Kapychka captures a Lunar halo over the night forest lake in Mogilev, BelarusCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Tom Shlesinger's photo shows volcanic carbon dioxide fizzing into the ocean in Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea, resulting in temperature and acidity levels commonly regarded as too extreme for corals' survivalCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Dr Daniela Rapava snapped these blooming water lilies on the Ľuboreč water reservoir in Slovakia, showing that even decomposition can beautifulCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Dr James DP Moore took this astounding pic of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait at the start of its eruptive phase in August 2018Credit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
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Northern nutcrackers (nucifraga caryocatactes) fight in the Vitosha mountain massif in Bulgaria in Alwin Hardenbol's stark compositionCredit: Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
